Student life

A day at Star Avenue

Every section keeps the same shape of day: literacy and numeracy in the morning, the lighter subjects after lunch, clubs and prep at the end. Only the detail changes with age.

Gate opens: 6:45am
Lessons begin: 7:50am
Closing: 3:00pm

Pupils with backpacks arriving at the classroom door in the morning

6:45am
The gate opens
Bus arrivals first, then drop-offs. A duty teacher is at the gate every morning; JHS prefects help the youngest ones out of cars.
7:30am
Assembly or devotion
Monday and Friday the whole school gathers on the field — the national anthem, the school pledge, notices, and one pupil presentation. Other days, class devotion.
7:50am
Lessons begin
Literacy and numeracy come first, while concentration is at its best. Preschool works in small groups; Upper Primary and JHS move to subject teachers.
10:00am
Break
Twenty-five minutes on the field, with a snack from home or the canteen. Staff are on duty at four points, and the youngest have their own play area.
12:30pm
Hot lunch
A cooked Ghanaian lunch prepared in our own kitchen — jollof, waakye, banku and okro stew, rice and stew, and a fruit. Special diets are catered for on request.
1:20pm
Afternoon lessons
The lighter subjects: Ghanaian Language, RME, Creative Arts, Computing and PE. Creche and Nursery are napping until two.
3:00pm
Closing
Preschool and Lower Primary close at three. Buses load from the front gate; parents collecting in person sign at the desk.
3:00 – 4:30pm
Clubs and prep
Tuesdays and Thursdays are club afternoons. Basic 9 has daily BECE revision in Terms 1 and 2. Supervised prep is available every day until 4:30.

Times to write down

The six that matter for drop-off and pick-up

Gate opens
6:45am. A duty teacher is on the gate every morning, and JHS prefects help the youngest out of cars.
Registration
7:30am. A child arriving after 7:50am is marked late and signs in at the office.
Break
10:00am, twenty-five minutes. Preschool has its own earlier break and its own play area.
Lunch
12:30pm for the primary sections, 12:50pm for Junior High. Cooked on site, included in the fees.
Closing
3:00pm for every section. Buses load from the front gate; parents collecting in person sign at the desk.
Prep and clubs
Until 4:30pm every day. Clubs on Tuesday and Thursday; supervised prep the rest of the week.